Zózimo Bulbul
A Brazilian filmmaker, actor, producer and screenwriter, Jorge da Silva, better known by his stage name Zózimo Bulbul, is regarded as a household name of black Brazilian cinema. He was also the founder of Rio de Janeiro's Black Cinema Center ("Centro Afro Carioca de Cinema").
As an actor, he worked in over 30 features, and was directed by filmmakers such as Glauber Rocha (in "Terra em Transe"), Carlos Diegues ("Quilombo") and Antunes Filho ("Compasso de Espera"), becoming the first black man to play a main character in a Brazilian TV soap opera, in 1969's "Vidas em Conflito".
His debut as a filmmaker was 1974's black and white short "Alma no Olho". With his work focusing in raising awareness to Brazilian black culture, Bulbul remained an active filmmaker until his death in 2013. His most well known film, as a director, is 1988's "Abolição", a lengthy documentary that gives critical thoughts on Brazil's 1888's ending of slavery and in what changed for the country's Black people over the course of a century.
Known for
Artesanato do Samba
Narrador
Entranced Earth
Repórter
The Suns of Easter Island
Helvio
The Girl from Ipanema
Jovem na Praia
In Evil Hour
Carmichael
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
Hung Up
Soul in the Eye
Quilombo
Stone Man
Giselle
Jorge
Pedreira de São Diogo
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
The Naked Man
Homem da mudança
The Forest
Procópio
Compasso de Espera
Jorge de Oliveira
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
The Godless Bandit
Ariranha
Natal da Portela
Sagarana: O Duelo
Demônio
Garden of War
Parceiros da Aventura
Motorista da greve
Referências
Self
Abdias Nascimento
Ganga Zumba
Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz
Our Lady Of Compassion
Jesus
Grande Sertão
The Palace of Angels
Embaixador
The Girl and the Rapist
Pedro
República da Traição
Cinco Vezes Favela
(segment "Pedreira de São Diego")
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
Self
Pureza Proibida
Chico
A Guerra dos Pelados
Vitorino
O Engano
Amante
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
Black Goddess
Queima de Arquivo
O homem que sabia javanês
Africano
Daughters of the Wind
Marquinhos
Memória Viva
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
Himself
Brutos Inocentes
João Capataz
Ana, a Libertina
El Justicero
Samba no Trem
Self / Interviewer
True Brazil
República Tiradentes
Self / Interviewer
Paper and Sea
João Cândido
Renascimento Africano
Self